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Brian Nitz
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The Life of Pi Film is a Visual Poem About Humans and Nature
Can computer generated Bengal tigers help save the 1850 real ones which remain in the wild? The Life of Pi is a novel by Yann...
The Environment and the Invisibility Ring of Gyges
My precious ring! King Gyges of Lydia ruled over what is now western Turkey from 716 BC to 678 BC. The legend of his rise...
Efficient Lighting Through History
From the Hebrew Hannukah to Peak Whale Oil, Brian uncovers an illuminating story of how our lighting is becoming more efficient. Each December as nights...
sOccket, a Fun-Powered Energy Ball Kids Kick for Power
Turning child’s play into power Fun seems to be the one truly unlimited source of free energy. You can find it in the mountain villages...
It’s California or Bust for Better Place’s eTaxis
The Better Place electric transportation company was founded in California’s silicon valley, not far from where the Tesla electric car company began. But while Tesla...
Storing Solar Energy in Rust, From Israel
Scientists at Technion, Israel’s institute of technology recently found a new way to store solar energy. Their method utilizes a substance that some of us...
Will the Kyoto Protocol Survive Qatar 2012?
The Qatar climate conference this year could very well mark the end of the Kyoto protocol. Qatar has one of the highest per capita CO2...
Egypt’s Pyramid Builders Succumbed to Climate Change
Pollen and ash in Nile river delta sediment provides evidence of ancient climactic events including mega-droughts and wildfires which wiped out pyramid-building civilizations, says a...
Will Dark-sky Ecotourism Spread to the Mideast?
Israel’s Negev Desert, Jordan’s Mount Nebo, Medaba and Wadi Rum are a few dark sky destinations for stargazing. Paris is known as the city of...
Google Street View Goes Under Sea
If you can’t afford your own private submarine, or are afraid of diving, there’s always Google: Google has already taken their street view maps to...
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